Dane County Parent Council INC

Tax-deductible

Fitchburg, WI501(c)(3)Since 1969EducationEIN 39-1418945Revenue $20.2M in FY2024

On file with the IRSreachdane.org2096 Red Arrow Trl, 53711-4723 · Fitchburg, WITax-exempt since Oct 1982School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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To change the lives of children and families through education and supportive services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 300 volunteers and 317 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.1M a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$263K
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 87% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.3 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $92K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.5M
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$20.2M
-9% vs prior year
Spent
$20.4M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$16.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$20.2M
FY2024▼ -9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$19.5M
FY2021$21.0M
FY2022$18.8M
FY2023$22.1M
FY2024$20.2M
Expenses
$20.4M
FY2024▲ +6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$16.1M
FY2021$17.0M
FY2022$17.9M
FY2023$19.4M
FY2024$20.4M
Net assets
$16.0M
FY2024+0.2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$8.1M
FY2021$12.0M
FY2022$12.9M
FY2023$15.9M
FY2024$16.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 1982.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $19.5M Management & general 5% · $947K Fundraising 0% · $39K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $263K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director/CEO
$143,174Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$119,723Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jen Bailey’s $143K as Executive Director/CEO is at the 13th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jen Bailey$143,174$139,855$133,281$123,955$108,250
Charles Bridwell$119,723$117,559$110,225$101,774$86,764

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers children and families with education and support to improve their lives.

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3 programs · $18.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Child Education

Head start is a comprehensive preschool program that provides a wide array of services that result in children being ready for success in both school and in life. These components include child health, mental health and nutrition, education and services to children with diagnosed disabilities, parent engagement and family support…

$14.5Mprogram expense
02

Child Care Activities

DCPC sponsors child care programs in five locations licensed to serve 241 children. Many are in response to the child care needs of low income families, others respond to neighborhood and other community needs for child care.

$2.6Mprogram expense
03

Corporate initiatives

$1.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$92K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$20.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$16.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$213K
Money outPt IX
$20.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$19.5M
Managementcol C$947K
Fundraisingcol D$39K
Owns and owesPt X
$16.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$489K
Total assetsLn 16$20.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$16.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$15.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$31K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$213K
Gains on assetsLn 7$39K
Total revenueLn 12$20.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$75
SavingsLn 2$489K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$489K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9.0M
Other assetsLn 15$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$20.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.5M
Net assetsLn 32$16.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5317
VolunteersI 6300
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$970K$489K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.2M$6.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.8M$9.0M
Total assetsLn 16$20.7M$20.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.8M$4.5M
Net assetsLn 32$15.9M$16.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$313K$313K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11.2M$10.8M$342K$39K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$261K$259K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.5M$2.4M$75K
Payroll taxesLn 10$834K$796K$37K
Legal feesLn 11b$13K$13K$452
Accounting feesLn 11c$87K$84K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.1M$1.0M$52K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$20K$20K
Office expensesLn 13$1.1M$1.0M$12K
OccupancyLn 16$1.3M$1.2M$91K
TravelLn 17$313K$312K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$338K$337K$592
InterestLn 20$135K$132K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$677K$677K
InsuranceLn 23$242K$237K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$33K$33K
All other expensesLn 24e$83K$72K$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25$20.4M$19.5M$947K$39K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $20.2M$20.4M−$244K$16.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $22.1M$19.4M$2.8M$15.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $18.8M$17.9M$867K$12.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $21.0M$17.0M$3.9M$12.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $19.5M$16.1M$3.4M$8.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $20,203,809 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $18,738,789$16,173,964
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,237,781$3,817,263
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $165,198$212,582
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $22,141,768$20,203,809
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $14,112,928$15,088,701
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,256,777$5,358,886
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $19,369,705$20,447,587
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,772,063−$243,778
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $20,203,809 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $370,097 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$58,063
VIII-1e Government grants$15,656,853
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$459,048
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$30,603
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$16,173,964
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,447,166$3,447,166
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $173,109$173,109
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $39,473$39,473
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,817,263 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $212,582$20,203,809
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $20,447,587 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $312,626$312,626
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $10,819,576 · Management $341,522 · Fundraising $38,703$11,199,801
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $259,152 · Management $1,571$260,723
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,407,405 · Management $74,578$2,481,983
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $796,103 · Management $37,465$833,568
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $12,756 · Management $452$13,208
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $83,850 · Management $2,972$86,822
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,000,077 · Management $51,968$1,052,045
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $20,172$20,172
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,045,736 · Management $11,848$1,057,584
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,217,146 · Management $90,943$1,308,089
IX-17 TravelPrograms $311,558 · Management $1,739$313,297
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $337,121 · Management $592$337,713
IX-20 InterestPrograms $132,370 · Management $2,303$134,673
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $677,465$677,465
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $236,951 · Management $5,189$242,140
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $32,934$32,934
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $71,530 · Management $11,214$82,744
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $19,461,902 · Management $946,982 · Fundraising $38,703$20,447,587
Part X · Balance sheet $20,452,571 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $75$75
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $969,680$489,126
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,318,051$787,304
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $134,659$185,824
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $196,201$311,117
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,766,422$8,980,658
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,161,299$6,827,269
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,133,997$2,871,198
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $20,680,384$20,452,571
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,036,494$1,130,490
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $117,154$117,154
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,384,608$3,104,777
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,755,467$4,501,383
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $13,650,573$15,289,345
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,274,344$661,843
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,924,917$15,951,188
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $20,680,384$20,452,571
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $15,951,188 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$20,203,809
XI-2 Total expenses$20,447,587
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$243,778
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,924,917
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$270,049
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$15,951,188

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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